Re: Presidential election candidates and the states election laws.

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:10:25 -0500, Deadrat <a@xxxxx> wrote:

richard <member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:eb7r95lpl681pgm59lnfes3kh07r8scdlc@xxxxxxx:

Let us say that I want to toss my hat in the ring for the 2012 federal
Presidential election. I do not belong to any political party.

As I have been reading, states are virtually allowed to do as they
please in who they allow on the ballot. Is there any thing in the
Consititution which says otherwise?

You haven't been reading much, have you? It's the Constitution that says
exactly that in Article II, Section 1: "Each State shall appoint, *in such
Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct*, a Number of Electors, equal
to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may
be entitled in the Congress...."

*emphasis mine*

That's fine for electors. A Pres. Candidate is not an elector.
Read what I asked.



In most states, if you are a member of the most predominant parties,
Democrat or Republican, you get on the ballot. However, if you belong
to any other party, you might not.

The qualifications for a President are simple. I do not recall that
there is any provision for a candidate to have the need of belonging
to a political party. Originally, it was set up so that the vote
winner would be Pres. and the runner up, VP. Regardless of party.

Does anyone have a website that shows what each state requires for the
federal election on Presidents?

Go here:

https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scoreca
rd.pdf?sequence=1

It's from 2003, so it may not be current. Apparently all states have
signature requirements and filing fees.

Thanks. It looks like that if you're a dem or rep, you pay out the
arse for the privilege. Either to the state or the party.

What I've never been able to figure out is, why is it necessary to
have x thousand signatures to get on a ballot? Sounds to me like
that's discriminating against those who don't have the money or
resources to make their bid equally.

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